The problem is not personal for Cuomo who has several residences, neither of which were impacted by the storm. In this morning's press conference, he stated that he is lifting the tax truckers must pay, in order to expedite the movement of fuel. He admitted that he did not like lifting the tax because the state needs the revenue.

We need to shrink government!

2 posted on 11/02/2012 8:57:46 AM PDT by NYer
("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)

Holy moly! This is the first I’ve seen it said that the gas crisis is mainly due to the Coast Guard closing the harbor!

Did Obie order that? It was the Coast Guard that managed to make the Gulf oil spill ten times worse than it was, too.

Sure, there are risks of flotsam and jetsam. But that’s what ship captains and their crews are trained for. You just take it slow and watch out for junk. And the Coast Guard organizes the cleanup. Or, better yet, just gets out of the way and lets people do it who know what the hell they are doing.

Despite complaints by many, including those in the outer boroughs, Cuomo said he cannot think of anything the government could have done to prepare or respond to the storm any better than it did

Then perhaps he should talk to Gov. Perry of Texas who understands staging relief aid just outside the expected devestation zone. Tanker trucks of fuel, semi trucks of food and supplies, dump trucks for hauling trash and debris, the national guard to render aid would have been a good start. He had ample warning that New York was going to get hit hard.